Brian was a much loved col­league and was a fa­mil­iar face across the Ruther­glen and Cam­bus­lang area dur­ing his time with the pa­per.

He first worked for the Re­former in the 1970’s be­fore re­turn­ing in 2007.

The dead­line for en­tries is 5pm on Wed­nes­day, De­cem­ber 9, so get snap­ping.

The com­pe­ti­tion is open to any­one of school age in Ruther­glen, Cam­bus­lang, To­ry­glen, Croft­foot, King’s Park or Castlemilk, or any­one who at­tends school in the area.

Last year the top prize was claimed by 10- yearold Robin Ashcroft from Castlemilk with a pic­ture that showed her and her pals making a star shape with their fin­gers.

Send your en­tries in to news@ruther­glen­re­former. co.uk

Re­former ed­i­tor Dou­glas Dickie said: “Brian was a fan­tas­tic man, a bril­liant pho­tog­ra­pher and a plea­sure to work with.

We’re de­lighted to keep his mem­ory alive with the help of tal­ented school chil­dren across the area.

“The en­tries we’ve had so far have been ter­rific, but you’ve still got time to en­ter, so make sure you get snap­ping.”

Please note, ed­i­tors de­ci­sion is fi­nal. The win­ner or win­ner’s par­ent/ carer must agree to a de­gree of public­ity.

Usual Trin­ity Mir­ror rules ap­ply.

Tree-men­dous This fes­tive snap came from nine-year-old Marissa Cooper, a pupil at West Coats Pri­mary. She said: “My pic­ture is ‘The Beau­ti­ful Sight’- my fam­i­lies Christ­mas tree is so spe­cial to me as me and my fam­ily love and enjoy Christ­mas so much.”

Flower power Francesca Fair­weather (9) is a pri­mary five pupil at West­coats Pri­mary. She said: “I took this pic­ture on my mum’s phone in my gar­den on July 2, 2015. I hope you like my pho­to­graph and thank you for look­ing at it.”

Hall right now Dar­ren Girvan (14), a pupil at Stonelaw, took this snap of the Town Hall. He said: “This is where I at­tend cam­era ac­tion classes on a Thurs­day night and thought it would be a good idea to take a photo of it at night.”

This­tle This snap was taken by Alexan­der Ful­ton (14) at the Kelpies in Falkirk

Art at­tack Char­lotte Ful­ton (13), a pupil at Stonelaw, cap­tured this im­age at Calder­glen Coun­try Park in East Kil­bride